During a walk in a new park, the four friends hear a train whistle, despite the fact that the railroad left town decades earlier. Drawn by the sound, the women stumble upon an abandoned train depot. What they find there leads them to a new investigation into Marble Cove’s mysterious past.
In their research, the women discovered that Dennis Calder wants to replace the town’s old train station with a shopping center. As they search for ways to preserve the structure, the information they uncover raises some captivation questions about its history. What happened to the last stationmaster, a flashy, high-living man who vanished in 1952? As always in Marble Cove, there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Following some tantalizing discoveries about Marble Cove’s final station master, the friends highlight the old train station by decorating it for Christmas. Will their efforts be enough to persuade the townspeople to preserve this vital part of local history?
To save the historic train station from demolition, the Women start a campaign to raise funds. During the campaign they receive a large donation from an unexpected source, but will the clue they uncover open the doors to finding the elusive former station master?
Compelled by Dennis Calder’s determination to get his hands on the old train station property, the four friends search for ways to preserve the charming but run-down structure by having it designated as a landmark. What they learn, however, implicates Elias Thorpe in a scandal that rocked Marble Cove in the 1950s and changed the town forever.
Finally the friends make their way to the house that was once owned by Elias Thorpe. After prodding the current owners, they uncover a clue to the elusive station master’s destination after he vanished from Marble Cove. Could he still be there after all these years?
During Ivy Bay’s annual Fourth of July Parade, Amanda Branson—a local high school student—goes missing without a trace! As the police search fruitlessly, Mary believes that she saw Amanda at the docks only moments after the parade. However, without any hard evidence, no one is willing to look into her claims. With time running short and the investigation becoming ever more frantic, Mary receives help from an unlikely source; the question is, will it be enough, or is it too little too late? Find out in this unique mystery full of more twists and turns than the shoreline of Cape Cod!